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Pro Wrestling SKOOPZ on The Wrestling Blog: Vol. 4, Issue 8

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A BONA FIDE HALL OF FAMER Photo Credit: WWE.com Well, well, well, HORB FLERBMINBER is back to give you all the news you can shove into your shopping cart without tripping an alarm. How much is that, exactly? Well, it's WAY more than bottles of Mal�rt at Binny's Beverage Depot, that's for sure. I KNOW THAT FROM EXPERIENCE. Anyway, I will have all the best news and opinions this week, WAY MORE than that hack Dave Meltzer. Did you know he trolls Tumblr for information to smear assault victims? That part isn't a joke. Fuck him. Anyway... If you want the full HORB EXPERIENCE, then you have to do one of two things, preferably both. The first is follow me on Twitter, @ HorbFlerbminber . Why would you NOT want to, unless you didn't want the most up-to-date news on things that matter without whining and complaining that I'm not getting the credit I deserve like Brad Shepard. Seriously, fuck him too. Also, you can get old issues of the newsletter that you can read on your...

The 2017 TWB 100 Epilogue: My Ballot

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Dakota Kai was one of my votes who didn't make the list this year Photo Credit: WWE.com Another TWB 100 is in the books, and despite the lower voter turnout, I consider it a success. Honestly, I don't care if ten or 10,000 people vote; the point is to get people thinking about the wrestling they watch in a critical manner. I feel like the fact that nearly 75 percent of ballots had 100 wrestlers on them and the width and breadth of wrestlers voted for is as much a signpost for success as the number of voters. Anyway, I shall close the festivities this year as I do most years, with my own ballot, with blurbs of varying lengths for wrestlers that did not appear on the final list: 1. Johnny Gargano 2. Zack Sabre, Jr. 3. Jimmy Uso 4. Jey Uso 5. Braun Strowman 6. AJ Styles 7. Cesaro 8. Sheamus 9. Tomohiro Ishii - I didn't watch as much non-WWE wrestling as I would have liked in 2017 for various reasons. I'm not going to get into them, because most are deeply personal, but bec...

Pro Wrestling SKOOPZ on The Wrestling Blog: Vol. 3, Issue 16

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Swann's in hot water Photo Credit: WWE.com Well now, look who's back to dispense the news in the best way possible. THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S ME, HORB FLERBMINBER. Any of you fucks who guessed "Dave Meltzer" or "Rajah" or "That Dude on Twitter Who Obsessively Stalks rovert, Fray, and Slice" ARE UP AGAINST THE WALL WHEN I COME TO POWER, which according to my calculations... should've been last week? WHAT IN TARNATION. Regardless, whether or not I'm the Supreme Chancellor of Planet Earth, the Moon, and Sector 348-D of the Kuiper Belt has no effect on whether or not I deliver the news in a timely and accurate manner. BECAUSE I DO. Now, you could just read the newsletter and you'll be edified beyond all active measures. But you have to get the COMPLETE HORB EXPERIENCE, so first, you must follow me on Twitter, @ HorbFlerbminber . You'll know when news breaks as it breaks, sometimes even BEFORE it breaks. Remember when I said Bray Wyatt ...

Your Midweek Links: Thanksgiving Leftovers

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Stop by and read about The Enforcer Photo Credit: WWE.com Wednesday. Hump Day. The midpoint of the week. You've survived the grind of Monday and Tuesday, made especially rougher because you probably came off a four-day weekend. You may be longing for another two days off, but they're just too darn far away. Fear not though, humble readers, because I have some of the best articles about wrestling from the past week to help you while away the time. Click these links to be... INTERESTED! I went to Powerbomb TV's latest supershow, WAZZUP, and I definitely had some thoughts about it that I wrote down. Check them out. [ The Wrestling Blog ] I also addressed RUMORS of a women's Royal Rumble match, and I say it's a necessary stopgap solution that WWE has to come to if it's not going to embrace the fact that gender is a work. [ The Wrestling Blog ] Thanksgiving may only be in leftovers stages, but Matthew Martin has the best analogies for which WWE superstar is what menu...